Demystifying Team Foundation Server Builds Mickey Gousset Principal Consultant Infront Consulting Group DEV342.

Demystifying Team Foundation Server BuildsMickey GoussetPrincipal ConsultantInfront Consulting Group

DEV342

Mickey [email protected]

@mickey_gousset

http://teamsystemrocks.com

http://almrocks.com

http://radiotfs.com

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Why Is Build Automation Important

Helps improve software qualityHelp reduce component integration costsThe Team Heartbeat

Build Automation Is Not…

F5This doesn’t ensure your code works with the latest changesThis doesn’t run a full suite of automated testsThis doesn’t move or deploy your app for further testing

Team Foundation Build To The Rescue

Considered part of the core TFS 2012 platformTightly integrated with other TFS services and features

Version ControlWork Item TrackingTesting

Allows for analysis of historical reporting and trendsTeam members can be notified of build statusMSBuild does the “building”, Windows Workflow does the orchestration

Team Foundation Build Architecture

Application Tier

Build Controller

Build Agent

Symbol Server

Drop ServerBuild

demo

Creating and Running A Team Foundation Build

Team Build Process

Controlled by a Windows Workflow 4.0 XAML fileThree process templates out-of-the-box

DefaultTemplateUpgradeTemplateLabDefaultTemplate

Stored in TFSCan create custom build process templates

DefaultTemplate Build Process

Used for most new, un-customized build definitionsBuild number is calculatedBuild Agent is calculatedWorkspace is createdSource Code downloadedMSBuild performs compilationTest are executedBuild Outputs copied to drop folder

demo

Customizing the DefaultTemplate build process

Custom Workflow Activities

ScenariosCollect common workflow activities into reusable LibraryExecute custom .NET code

Four ways to create a custom workflowWrite a new CodeActivityWrite a new NativeActivityCompose your own custom activity in XAMLCompose your own custom activity in code

demo

Creating a Custom Build Workflow Activity

What’s New in Team Foundation Build 2012

Hosted Build ServicesDrop to Version ControlBatched Gated Check-inChanges to the Build Service protocolUpdated Build Report

Special Thanks To…

Brian RandellEd BlankenshipMartin Woodward

Mickey [email protected]

@mickey_gousset

http://teamsystemrocks.com

http://almrocks.com

http://radiotfs.com

Developer Tools, Languages & FrameworksALM SessionsJune 14

Title Primary Speaker Date Start (US)

Finish (US)

Metrics That Matter: Improving Lean and Agile, Kanban and Scrum Steven Borg 6/14/2012 8:30AM 9:45AM

Azure Development Using Visual Studio Paul Yuknewicz 6/14/2012 10:15AM 11:30AM

Building Business Applications with Visual Studio LightSwitch Jay Schmelzer 6/14/2012 1:00PM 2:15PM

Introduction to Kanban Steven Borg 6/14/2012 1:00PM 2:15PM

Compile and Execute Requirements in Microsoft .NET David Starr 6/14/2012 2:45PM 4:00PM

Building Windows 8 Metro style Apps with Visual C++ 2012 Raman Sharma 6/14/2012 4:30PM 5:45PM

DEV Track Resources

Visual Studio Home Page :: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us

Jason Zander’s Blog :: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jasonz/

Facebook :: http://www.facebook.com/visualstudio

Twitter :: http://twitter.com/#!/visualstudio

Somasegar’s Blog :: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/

Resources

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Learning

Microsoft Certification & Training Resources

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TechNet

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Resources for Developers

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